Hello Christmascrazy, as a fellow terminal who goes to my local hospice, though i have not moved in, yet, and has many years in palliative care i came across rallying a few times and i can remember it lasting well over a week a few times, Good to hear your going home, please take care, Eddie

Hi thank you for your reply it's not me it's a family member and this is a whole new experience to me. No one seems to really know what's happening 

Yes, it can last that long, and longer. My mother in law did the same for around 2 weeks. Looked the picture of health all things considered, but we were told it was temporary and were even warned about it before it first reared its head. She wasn't in for anything cancer related, just her general frailty and her heart and lungs. Even though we were warned about it, our brains still didn't quite process it because we were seeing someone that was more active than she was before she landed in hospital. As the nurses also warned, things changed quite quickly and dramatically during her last 2 days. Back was the unresponsive, unwell patient we had seen prior to her rally. Only this time, she didn't ever talk, eat or sit up again.

Thank you 

Hello Christmascrazy regarding rallying, "i am not an expert" the only theory i heard that made sense was when having cancer treatment, your bodies immune system as well as being weakened puts a lot into fighting the cancer, chemotherapy and other treatments, so when treatment stops it builds up again and can return to taking care of your body which gets a temporary boost, take care, Eddie